Medical Cannabis Policy in the US: A History of Resistance - Valerie Corral
1. A mericans F or S afe A ccess
National Medical Cannabis Unity Conference
Washington, D.C. February 22-25, 2013
Bridging the Gap Between the Public &
Policy: National Medical Cannabis Unity
Conference
Wo /Men’s A lliance for M edical M arijuana
WAMM
Santa Cruz, CA
Presented by Valerie Leveroni Corral
2. 1992 Measure A - Santa Cruz County
1993 WAMM is born
1996 Proposition 215 - State Law - WAMM’s pivotal role in assuring that
cultivation is included in
P.215
2000 Santa Cruz City Ordinance Re: Cannabis Collectives
Differential Effects of Medial Marijuana Based on Strain and Route of
Administration:
A Three-Year Observational Study, Author: Valerie Leveroni Corral,
Journal: Journal of
Cannabis Therapeutics (ed: Ethan Russo)
2001-04 SB420 State Regulations Medical Marijuana Advisory Committee appointed by
A.G. Bill Lockyer
2002 Santa Cruz County Cannabis Identification System WAMM garden raided by the
DEA
WAMM organizes Medical Marijuana Give Away on Steps of City Hall with Santa
Cruz City &
County support Santa Cruz City & Santa Cruz County Join WAMM Lawsuit
3. 2005 Raich loses in Supreme Court on the Commerce Clause argument
WAMM’s Injunction is lifted
WAMM Protests! Medical Marijuana Plant Parade on Pacific Garden Mall
2006 WAMM, Mike and Val & County & City of Santa Cruz in Federal Court
10th Amendment & Substantive Due Process
Raha Kudo - Design for Dying Project is born - WAMM’s sister non-profit
hospice
support
2007 WAMM case reenters the Judicial arena in District Court
10th Amendment Argument Capitol Hill - testimony before the Department
of Justice-
House Judiciary Committee on Crime, Terrorism & Homeland Security
2008 WAMM 10th Amendment Argument Wins in Federal Court
First Medical Marijuana Victory in Federal Court
2009 Department of Justice agrees to settlement
2013 In this land of Wealth Care Homelessness follows the diagnoses of 38
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